de La Pena Surname

198,695th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

de La Pena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de La Pena Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6821:531,46544,211
Cuba4521:25,4931,432
Philippines3841:263,64138,869
Mexico971:1,279,65214,962
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Australia741:364,80730,412
Brazil711:3,015,13188,032
France661:1,006,405112,047
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Canada391:944,75971,777
United Arab Emirates301:305,40920,323
Qatar221:107,18211,536
Guam161:10,0081,526
England161:3,482,379114,324
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Colombia111:4,343,09717,306
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Uruguay91:381,30622,825
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
China31:455,773,85521,925
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
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The alternate forms: de La Péña (1) are calculated separately.

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de La Pena Demographics

Average Male de La Pena Height

172.67 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 96 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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de La Pena Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de La Pena Come From? nationality or country of origin

de La Pena occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: de La Péña. Click here to see other potential spellings of de La Pena.

How Common Is The Last Name de La Pena? popularity and diffusion

The surname de La Pena is the 198,695th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,463,663 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of de La Pena are found; 38 percent are found in North America and 34 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 682 people, or 1 in 531,465. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 36 percent live, Texas, where 22 percent live and Florida, where 14 percent live. Other than The United States de La Pena is found in 40 countries. It is also common in Cuba, where 21 percent live and The Philippines, where 18 percent live.

de La Pena Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de La Pena earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 50.63% more than the national average, earning $64,994 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.47% less than the national average, earning $43,490 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de La Penha9534/
de La Phena953/
de La Péña931/
de las Penas916/
de La Pina9037/
de La Peine8613/
de La Peñas861/
de La Piña80118/
De-La-Pena803/
de La Pino801/
de La Pinos761/
de Los Peña761/
de las Piñas7327/
De-Las-Penas731/
De-La-Peña701/
de Los Pinos6425/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de La Pena
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